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Midfielder Jordan Henderson's fluke second-half goal kept Liverpool firmly in contention for a Premier League top-four finish with a 1-0 win at Swansea City on Monday.
Liverpool got lucky on 68 minutes when Jordi Amat slid in ahead of Henderson to try and clear but the ball ricocheted back off the...

London: Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis collapsed during an English Premier League game at Tottenham on Wednesday and was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure.
The France striker was attended to by medical staff for about four minutes and was wearing an oxygen mask as he was carried off the...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was frustrated his side "forgot to score" against Swansea City but believes they were unlucky to lose 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
United's scratchy performances this season have received criticism but Van Gaal insisted on Friday that his team would be top of...

Swansea: Manchester United lost for only the second time since November as Swansea came from behind to win 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Jonjo Shelvey grabbed the winner for Swansea in the 73rd minute, scoring a deflected shot from 25 meters to complete a league double for the Welsh...

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has backed Jermain Defoe to resurrect his England career after the striker struck his second goal in as many games in a 1-1 draw at Swansea City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Defoe, who scored 19 goals in his 55 England appearances, last played for his...

London: After a month in which they lost their top goalscorer and suffered two demoralising defeats, Swansea City manager Garry Monk was happy to get back to basics with a surprise 1-0 win at Southampton in the Premier League on Sunday.
A stunning Jonjo Shelvey goal seven minutes from time handed...

Southampton: Southampton's surprise bid for Champions League qualification took a hit with a 1-0 home loss to Swansea in the English Premier League on Sunday.
Jonjo Shelvey grabbed the winner in the 83rd minute with a swerving shot from the edge of the area, leaving Southampton to bemoan their inability to...

Swansea City AFC director John van Zweden on Monday said former striker Wilfried Bony will be wasted at new side Manchester City, as he will just sit on the bench.
Bony sealed a 28 million pounds move to City from the south Wales side earlier this month, and while Van Zweden...

London: Swansea City have signed Tottenham Hotspur's former England under-21 fullback Kyle Naughton on a 3-1/2 year deal, the Premier League clubs said on Thursday.
Naughton, who is eligible for Saturday's FA Cup fourth round tie at Blackburn Rovers, has already trained with his new team.
Spurs bought the versatile defender from...

Swansea: Chelsea scored four goals in the opening 36 minutes in their 5-0 demolition of Swansea in the Premier League on Saturday.
Oscar struck first within the first minute at the Liberty Stadium. Diego Costa added two more in the 20th and 34th, before Oscar grabbed a second for a 4-0...

London: Champions Manchester City have bolstered their attacking arsenal with the signing of Ivorian forward Wilfried Bony from Swansea City for a sum believed to be in the region of 30 million pounds ($45.48 million), the club confirmed on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old, who scored 20 goals in the 2014 calendar year,...

London: Swansea have signed a contract with the Exeter teenager Matt Grimes, the Premier League club announced.
Grimes, 19, an England U-20 international, had been linked with a number of Premier League clubs, but agreed a four-and-a-half year deal at the Liberty Stadium, reported Xinhua.
The midfielder completed his medical but will...

Adam Lallana netted twice as Liverpool found their scoring form to beat Swansea 4-1 on Monday for their biggest Premier League home victory of the season.
After Alberto Moreno put Liverpool ahead in the 33rd minute, Lallana's first goal came with a bit of luck as Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski hit...

Christian Eriksen scored in the 89th minute as Tottenham went against the run of play to beat Swansea 2-1 on Sunday in the Premier League.
Harry Kane grabbed an early goal for the visitors in the fourth before Wilfried Bony equalised three minutes after the interval.
Swansea dominated but it was Eriksen...

Striker Andy Carroll's headed brace helped West Ham to a 3-1 victory against Swansea at Upton Park on Sunday.
The win moved the home side up to third in the table, their best start to a Premier League campaign. Swansea, without an away win since August, remain eighth.
Carroll scored his first...

Yaya Toure responded to Manuel Pellegrini's rallying call as he fired champions Manchester City to a 2-1 Premier League win over Swansea on Saturday.
The City midfielder, below par for much of the season but continually backed by City manager Pellegrini, powered forward to strike the winner just after the hour...

London: Swansea City's Ivory Coast international Wilfried Bony has signed a one-year contract extension, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.
The deal, which will keep the 25-year-old striker at the Liberty Stadium until 2018, is likely to ward off potential suitors ahead of the January transfer window.
Bony was the subject...

Swansea scored twice in less than three minutes to rally to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, with substitute Bafetimbi Gomis grabbing the winner with one of his first touches.
A listless game played in driving rain in south Wales was illuminated by Alexis Sanchez's close-range...

Mario Balotelli enjoyed a rare moment of ecstasy in a Liverpool shirt by inspiring a 2-1 win over Swansea City in the League Cup on Tuesday while Chelsea had to call for reinforcements to see off Shrewsbury Town.
On a night when Premier League West Bromwich Albion were dumped out by...

Swansea City central defender Jordi Amat will be out of action for six weeks due to a knee injury, the Premier League club said on their website on Tuesday.
The 22yearold Spaniard was substituted at halftime during the 42 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday.
Amat started all four Premier League games this...

Both sets of fans called for Newcastle manager Alan Pardew to be fired after Southampton thrashed the demoralised Magpies 40 in the English Premier League with Graziano Pelle inspiring Ronald Koeman's newlook side at St Mary's on Saturday.
Summer signing Pelle's brace was complemented by goals from Jack Cork and Morgan...

London: Diego Costa scored a hat trick as Chelsea opened an early gap atop the Premier League standings with a 42 win over Swansea, ending the visitors' perfect start to the season.
Costa made sure Chelsea recovered from John Terry's early own goal as the Brazilborn Spain forward continued his...

London: Chelsea are sweating on the fitness of Diego Costa and the Premier League leaders will do all they can to get him fit to face Swansea City on Saturday.
The powerful striker has made a blistering start to his Stamford Bridge career, scoring four goals in three appearances since leaving...

Mame Diouf scored a spectacular solo goal to give Stoke a surprising 10 win over defending champion Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Diouf received the ball on the edge of his own area and ran the length of the pitch before slotting a low shot between the legs...

Swansea City have signed Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder Tom Carroll on loan for the rest of the season, the Premier League club announced on Friday.
Carroll has played seven Premier League games for Tottenham and also appeared for them in the Europa League but has found it hard to establish himself in...

London: Swansea City have signed Argentina defender Federico Fernandez from Napoli for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
The 25yearold centre back, who has 26 caps for his country and made four appearances at the World Cup where Argentina reached the final, signed a fouryear deal with...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said his team need to learn to cope with pressure after they slumped to a 21 home defeat to Swansea City on the opening day of the Premier League season.
United enjoyed an unbeaten preseason tour of the United States beating rivals Liverpool and European...

Manchester: Louis van Gaal made a losing start to his Premier League career with Manchester United on Saturday, with Swansea winning 21 to become the first away team since 1972 to open the season with a victory at Old Trafford.
Gylfi Sigurdsson seized on poor defending to net the Welsh club's...

Swansea: Swansea have ended their three seasons in the Premier League in 11th, ninth and 12th place and another midtable finish will do just nicely for the Welsh club this campaign.
After so many years languishing in the lower leagues, just being in the Premier League is beyond the wildest dreams...

Swansea: Swansea have sold Spanish players Chico Flores and Pablo Hernandez to clubs in Qatar.
The Welsh club said on Thursday that center back Flores is moving to Qatar champion Lekhwiya, where he will reunite with former Swansea manager Michael Laudrup.
Hernandez, the winger who was once Swansea's clubrecord signing from Valencia,...